I've read, and have in my possessions every single issue of Car & Driver publised since July 1984.
Searching my personal memory bank, here, a Contour V6 ATX was tested 0-60 @ 8.8 seconds - I'll never forget that figure, 'cause I found it to be a lot slower than the 7.6 seconds they quoted for a V6 MTX in a different test story.
The Focus MTX on the other hand is a dog. Eqquipped with the Zetec, it will hit 60 in 10.0 seconds, again according to C&D, and that's for the lightest model, a stripped out ZX3.
Handling is another story. Pit those two against one another in the twisties, and it'll be a lot closer than in a straight line.
